Chris Coons actually said...

"America's greatest days are ahead of it, and we hope that they will be with us."

"You are the third senior-level nominee to tell this committee that the State Department is going to consult with Congress on the reorganization. We have gotten plenty of promises on consultation, and ..."

"We have to make clear to the Taliban they cannot outlast us on the battlefield."

"It is a top-down-driven redesign. I would be challenged to find a single employee who thinks that many of these policies are in the best interest of the State Department."